HomeBridge, one of the largest, independent mortgage specific lenders in the country with a heavy focus on customer service and quality in lending, announced that the company is expanding into the Midwest, starting with a new office in Chicago.

Redfin’s own Clayton Jirak has been selected to receive the 2014 EverGreen Award from the National Association of Realtors (NAR’s) Green REsource Council. The real estate agent is one of only five individuals in the nation to win the award, and the only

One of Chicago’s most storied lots finally has a future. After years of litigation and delays, the lot for the infamous Chicago Spire has finally changed hands, likely putting the ultimate nail in the coffin for the doomed project.

New data from CoreLogic drives home just how much progress our housing markets have made in clearing out their foreclosure inventory. The last 12 months have been highly encouraging ones for Chicagoland’s housing market, according to the latest Foreclosure

Investor interest is a major contributing factor to the success of a real estate market. How is your city doing? Despite its slow start, 2014 has turned into a year of growth and relative prosperity, considering the turmoil that

Now it’s official – Chicago received a high-profile endorsement of its improving housing market from Freddie Mac Freddie Mac, a company focused on meeting the urgent liquidity needs of the U.S. residential mortgage market, lowering costs for borrowers and supporting

It was another positive month for home prices in the latest Case-Shiller Home prices in the Chicagoland metro area rose 0.4 percent from July to August and 2.9 percent from August 2013, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price

We ask some of Chicagoland’s top real estate professionals about who had their vote for ‘Developer of the Year’ in our 2014 Agents’ Choice

Baird & Warner, Chicagoland’s largest locally-owned independent residential real estate services company, announced the addition of Patrick S. Glynn, a relocation industry veteran, to its corporate relocation program as the new vice president of corporate relocation services. Before joining Baird

Linda Feinstein’s real estate team, a prominent brokerage in Hinsdale, has joined the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network and parted ways with ERA. Now known as RE/MAX Signature Homes and located at 22 N. Lincoln St., the brokerage, formerly

There are many ways that homebuyers can go about locating their new residence, but how what are the most common methods among Illinois homebuyers? Last week, we reported that nationwide, the methods in which homebuyers find their dream residence

What neighborhoods in our fine city saw the most home sales in September? Last week, we reported on Chicagoland’s top-selling suburbs in September, and now – armed with more statistics from Redfin’s monthly Real-Time Housing Market Tracker – we’re back to report

It was the same old story for the Chicagoland housing market in September. Home sales in the nine-county Chicagoland area totaled 9,117 homes in September, falling 6.4 percent from Sept. 2013 and 12.1 percent from August, according to new

The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe) has selected Bob Dohn, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Schaumburg, as the 2014 Realtor of the Year. MORe’s Realtor of the Year is selected using a list of criteria that includes local, state and national Realtor association service,

Fifty-eight KoenigRubloff sales professionals recently received the 2014 Chicago Five Star Real Estate Agent award, an award produced by Five Star Professionals to recognize service professionals who provide quality services to their clients. Five Star Professional, founded in 2003 and based in Minneapolis,

What suburbs in Chicagoland generated the most home sales in September? It’s that time of the month again – time to find out what suburbs in the massive Chicagoland area generated the most home sales. This time around, we’re